Impact of Gender on Outcomes after Blunt Injury: A Definitive Analysis of More Than 36,000 Trauma Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 984-991

  Magnotti, Louis J ^a   Fischer, Peter E ^a   Zarzaur, Ben L ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; SEX FACTORS; SHOCK; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 43049149002     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.12.038     Document Type: Article

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